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When entering the foyer you will immediately notice the large smooth-cornered arches leading to the family room, the dining room and the office. To the left beyond the dining room you will find the kitchen, the breakfast area, the laundry room and the powder room. The kitchen is spacious enough for everyone in the family to help out preparing meals and is highlighted by rich Crème of Bourdeaux granite, custom tile backsplashes, 50" cabinetry, 20" tile as well as over and under cabinet lighting. A full compliment of stainless appliances including Viking double wall ovens, Viking range with griddle, built-in Thermador fridge, Sharp drawer microwave and Bosch quiet dishwasher make using this kitchen fun and easy while listening to some music from the in-ceiling speakers. The laundry is a very large 8 X 14 Ft room with plenty of cabinetry for storage, lots of counter space for folding laundry, a sink with pull out faucet and is pre-wired/plumbed for both a secondary refrigerator and freezer.

To the right you will find an office and a guest suite. The office has a built-in granite-top desk and cabinetry for file and office storage. The guest suite is a large 13.5 X 14.5 Ft bedroom with attached full bathroom that has custom tile and frameless glass shower enclosure.

Straight ahead you will find the family room that opens out onto the magnificent patio with 2 sets of French doors. The patio is a huge 3 tier custom stone/paver patio with built-in grill and hot tub that looks out over a wooded back yard. The backyard provides an excellent place for a play area and is ready for a pool!

On the second floor you will find two bedrooms with a buddy-bath (15.5 X 14) and (15 X 12.5); a sitting area that walks out onto the front balcony through French-doors; a media room with 108" HD front projection system and 7.1 surround; a game room / 5th bedroom (15 x 15) boasting a full bathroom with custom tile, granite counter, a frameless shower enclosure; and the exercise room that has a wonderful view out over the patio and back yard.

The upper floor master retreat features double French doors that walk out onto a covered balcony where you can enjoy your morning coffee, a huge walk through closet, fireplace, hardwood floors and LCD monitor where you can see who is at the front door or keep an eye on the kids room. In the bathroom you will find a juice bar with a mini-fridge, microwave and sink, custom tile work throughout, a huge walk in shower with his and hers shower heads and a bench with a pull down sprayer. Also in the bathroom you will find pull out hampers, dual vanity's, an up-lighted barrel ceiling, palladium window, pre-wires for a hideaway TV in the cabinets, and pre-wires for speakers in the ceiling. You will also find Jacuzzi large enough for two with custom tile surround.

This house also boasts an intercom system that can be used to communicate with any other room in the house including the garages, the front and side doors and the patio. It also doubles as a room monitor from/to any other room. The entire house is wired for Ethernet and HD media distribution from the theater with most rooms receiving multiple runs of Coax and Cat5. The security system features 3'rd party fire protection for the entire house and is interfaced with the home automation controller so that any alarm event can trigger a multitude of lighting scenes. All exterior lights, most interior lights and the landscape lighting are linked with the home automation controller that can be interfaced through your computer. Never come home to a dark house again, this system can turn on interior lights at dusk, turn on the courtyard, garage and interior lights when it senses that you have opened a garage door, and then turn them off again after a specified amount of time after the garage door has been closed again. Create lighting scenes for watching TV in the den or entertaining in the kitchen with the touch of a button. The house also has 10 separately climate controlled zones (Each bedroom has its own so that everyone can be comfortable in their own room). You can program lighting events to your homecontrol system in your car or just use one of the alarm FOB's to activate any light.

Most of the rooms are pre-wired for CAT5 cameras and can be added with ease. Currently the nursery and front door have cameras mounted that can be viewed on any TV or the LCD monitors in the kitchen or the master retreat.

About the neighborhood: 1624 Lookout Circle is located in the gated, luxury neighborhood of Providence Downs South in the south part of Charlotte. To compliment the large wooded home sites, the neighborhood also boasts a spectacular clubhouse which includes a water park with a lazy river and waterslide. Located a short drive off Rea Road, this wonderful neighborhood is only minutes away from the posh shopping of both Blakeney and Ballantyne. Also, only a couple of minutes away is I-485, which takes you to most of Charlotte in an easy and convenient fashion including Charlotte-Douglas airport. Providence Downs South is one of the elite neighborhoods in the metro Charlotte area.